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EX. 2. ANALYSIS OF A HEDGE ON THE FOREST MARBLE, 

 NEAR CIRENCESTER. 



Whitethorn 3 



Blackthorn 4 



Brambles and briars (Rubus 



and Rosa) 4 6 



Ash and gap 4 



Crab 4 



Gap and brambles 3 



Whitethorn 2 6 



Crab 2 



Blackthorn 2 



Whitethorn 4 



Blackthorn 



7 



Carried up 



ft. in. 



Brought up 40 



Gap and briars (Rosa cauina).. 4 



Blackthorn . . . 4 



Whitethorn 3 



Rose (briars) and brambles . . 4 6 



Whitethorn 3 



Gap and brambles 2 6 



Whitethorn -. . . 2 



Rose (briars) 3 



Whitethorn 2 



Rose... 2 6 



Blackthorn 2 6 



Total 73 



EX. 3. ANALYSIS OF A HEDGE ON THE INFERIOR OOLITE, 

 BRADFORD ABBAS. 



ft. in. 



Traveller's Joy (clematis) . . ... 3 



Gap .12 



Whitethorn. 4 



Brought up ......... 



Nut and gaps 



Blackthorn and brambles .... 



Guelder rose 



Blackthorn, &c 



Elder 



Blackthorn, maple, and others, 



with occasional whitethorn . 

 The same, smothered with 



clematis 



Total. 



ft. in. 



95 6 



11 



6 6 



3 



5 



3 



20 



, 28 



,172 



Whitethorn, brambles, &c 10 



Clematis 13 



Sycamore stump 4 



Bran bles, &c 8 



Maple brambles, with occa- 

 sional whitethorn bush . . ... 33 



Carried up 95 6 



These three examples will be sufficient to show 

 the fact that, in the lapse of years, a hedge originally 

 planted either all or nearly all quicks, ultimately 

 contains almost everything besides. How this comes 

 about may be easily observed. Birds and other crea- 

 tures are constantly taking fruits of various plants 

 to the hedge-rows, the seeds of which being dropped 

 there, soon vegetate; and if shrubs with heavier 

 twigs and broader leaves once ascend into the hedge, 

 they overshadow the smaller leaves of the quicks, 

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